Anniversary of Louisville's earliest snow

Belski's Blog

October 3, 1980 was the date of the earliest snow ever in Louisville. I was the first person to report sleet to the NWS.The temperature was in the 40's and I did a double take when I saw and heard sleet falling. I called the NWS to tell them and they told me to go back outside and make sure because they were shocked to hear that it was sleeting this early in the season. As it turned out, the sleet ended up being reported in a number of areas including the airport. That is where the NWS office was at that time.They have since moved to Theiler Lane which is just of the Smyrna exit of the Snyder Freeway.